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jesscad's review
4.0
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It's not often that I'd recommend a book where kids are encouraged to speak louder, but the truth is, sometimes our chatty, noisy, bubbly kids, head to school and go quiet. Like, submarine in hostile waters quiet. When my daughter started kindergarten last year, she was so afraid to speak up that she couldn't give her teacher the box of tissues she was supposed to bring from home. In an effort to foster independence and to respect privacy, the teacher didn't check my daughter's bag, thus not relieving her of the terrible duty to hand in the tissues. It took a full two weeks, before she got the courage to hand over those tissues, and even then, my daughter did it without speaking, and was so upset by the process that she burst into tears when she told me about it.
That's why I love Louder, Lili. Much like my daughter, Lili finds she can't speak up. That she's too shy to raise her hand, or volunteer to take care of the class guinea pig, a job she really wants. When bossy classmate, Cassidy, senses Lili's inability to speak up, she exploits it, volunteering to partner with Lili in an effort to hand off the hard work and take all the praise. Lili must decide if she can find her voice and speak her mind.
It's not often that I'd recommend a book where kids are encouraged to speak louder, but the truth is, sometimes our chatty, noisy, bubbly kids, head to school and go quiet. Like, submarine in hostile waters quiet. When my daughter started kindergarten last year, she was so afraid to speak up that she couldn't give her teacher the box of tissues she was supposed to bring from home. In an effort to foster independence and to respect privacy, the teacher didn't check my daughter's bag, thus not relieving her of the terrible duty to hand in the tissues. It took a full two weeks, before she got the courage to hand over those tissues, and even then, my daughter did it without speaking, and was so upset by the process that she burst into tears when she told me about it.
That's why I love Louder, Lili. Much like my daughter, Lili finds she can't speak up. That she's too shy to raise her hand, or volunteer to take care of the class guinea pig, a job she really wants. When bossy classmate, Cassidy, senses Lili's inability to speak up, she exploits it, volunteering to partner with Lili in an effort to hand off the hard work and take all the praise. Lili must decide if she can find her voice and speak her mind.
hitya's review
5.0
I am a person who grew up constantly being told to "...be louder, Tya." I don't *get* louder! This, this volume that I'm speaking to you? This. Is. It. I love that Lili learned to be just loud enough for the right people to hear her.
bibliogirl's review
4.0
This one is a great book to use with younger students when talking about being a bystander versus speaking up for what's right.
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